GIOVANNI ANTONIO PANDOLFI (1629-after1679): Violin Sonatas, Op. 3.

Description: Each of these sonatas, published in 1660, has its own character and its own subtitle (La Stella, La Cesta, La Melana, La Castella, La Clemente and La Sabbatina) and the emotional range runs from melancholy to wild passion. Unlike the old Harmonia Mundi release from 1999 which used only a harpsichord for continuo, this one makes use of various combinations of violone, colascione, guitar, archlute, harpsichord and organ). Ars Antiqua Austria; Gunar Letzbor (violin).